A patrol officer tried to stop a car without license plates at 12:52 a.m. on Martin Luther King Parkway, the Des Moines Police Department said. The car pulled into the Hy-Vee parking lot and then sped off.

The car accelerated to high speeds on Euclid and Douglas avenues before turning north onto Lower Beaver Road. Just north of Douglas Avenue, the car, which was heading north, crossed into southbound lanes and struck an oncoming car.

The driver of the southbound car, identified as Jason Hunt, 41, of Des Moines, was killed and his passenger, Angela Denning, 40, of Des Moines, was injured.

The pursuit lasted approximately one minute, police said.

Browder and his passenger, Davion Barbar, 18, of Des Moines, were also injured.

Officers found a firearm in the Browder's car, police said.

“I was in complete shock,” said Amy Rogers, Hunt’s cousin. “I didn’t even think to ask it if was his fault or not.”